[mythtv-users] HD3000 No Signal

[Frank Armstrong]

alright...thanks...i try that tonight when i get home and let you know how
it goes.

On 6/21/06, Mercury Morris <mercury.morris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/21/06, Frank Armstrong <farmstrong at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/21/06, Mercury Morris <mercury.morris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 6/21/06, Frank Armstrong <farmstrong at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hey all,
> > > > I can't seem to find and answer to this problem, I have a 2 tuner
> set
> > up...a
> > > > pvr 150 and an HD3000.  When I do a channel scan with my HD3000 it
> sees
> > all
> > > > the channels I get OTA. The card is set to activate on channel
> 28(ABC in
> > my
> > > > area) but it tells me it doesn't have a signal.  Yet when I run the
> > channel
> > > > scan it locks the signal and the signal strenght is 99%.  So i know
> > there is
> > > > a signal there.  Anyone have a possible answer to what is wrong?
> > >
> > > I'll help.  Could you provide a few more details?  Such as: was ABC on
> > > channel 28 before the advent of HDTV?  Or is channel 28 the ATSC
> > > channel over which ABC is broadcasting their ATSC signal?
> >
> >
> >
> > well i live in the Tampa area, so my local ABC station is channel 28
> > OTA...when i put up my antenna i had a clear HDTV picture plus the sub
> > stations of 28.1 and 28.2
> >
> >
> > >  Also, the
> > > phrase, "The card is set to activate on channel 28....", isn't clear
> > > to me.  Could you elaborate or rephrase?
> >
> >
> >
> > in MythTV setup I have channel 28 preset as the tv station the "tv"
> starts
> > on when i activate LiveTV on the myth menu.
> >
> >
> > > You can't be too far from getting your HD3000 working, since you are
> > > seeing a lock indication.
> >
> >
> >
> > that's what i think, i'm getting a lock when i scan and a real good
> signal
> > strenght, so i'm not sure why it's not displaying...
>
> From a Google search, it appears that 28 is ABC's NTSC (analog)
> channel and 29 is ABC's ATSC (digital) channel.  That means that
> during an ATSC scan, you should get NO LOCK for channel 28, but a
> good, solid LOCK for channel 29.
>
> I can comfirm that expectation because here in the Rochester, MN,
> area, FOX has 47 for analog and 46 for digital.  When the scan for
> ATSC channels runs, I see NO LOCK for 47, but a solid LOCK for 46.
>
> This may seem a bit confusing, but I'm sure you should see the LOCK
> for channel 29.  After the scan completes, you should see channels
> 28.1 and 28.2 (or 281 and 282) in MythTV's Channel Editor.  When you
> run the Scan under the Channel Editor, there should be an option for
> you to choose how you want the channels to be listed.  Choices are
> period(.), underscore(_), and nothing, as I remember.
>
> So, when you enter the Starting Channel (on whatever page of all
> MythTV's options it appears on), you should enter whatever you chose
> just prior to the scan.  It won't be "28", rather it will be "281",
> "28.1", "28_1", whatever you chose.
>
> I recommend going into mythtv-setup (or mythtvsetup, whichever), then
> Channel Editor, then Scan, and be sure to choose the ATSC scan for
> your HD3000 card.  You can delete all the channels before a scan, just
> the NTSC channels, or just the ATSC channels by selecting one of these
> choices in the box next to the delete button.
>
> All of the forgoing assumes that you are using MythTV 0.19.  If you
> are still on 0.18, then you may have delete the channels in some other
> way.
>
> So, consider the above, give it a try and see if you can get a digital
> signal from channel 29.
>
> Good Luck.
>
> --
> MM
>
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